What are the advantages and disadvantages of allotting a separate room for babies right from the beginning?

A new baby birth brings a lot of joy in the family. It’s like a new angel for whom the parents are praying for a period of nine months has finally arrived and parents have got a new motive of their life to live for. 

But this is also the time to take decisions which will affect the newborn in the future like his/her cleaning, vaccination, clothing, exercises, etc. One such thing is taking the decision whether a baby should be allowed to sleep with or without their parents. Let’s have a look at the advantages or disadvantages of both the cases.

Advantages of making the baby sharing the same bed with parents:

1. Baby can get more breastfeed while sleeping together.
2. It makes the baby feel safe and secure. Bodily contact with their parents also gives them comfort and warmth.
3. It makes the baby sleep for a much longer duration which is more required during initial days.
4. It will be easy to change the diapers of the baby which will prevent skin diseases.

Disadvantages for newly born for sharing the bed with parents:

1. It will make hard for the baby to learn self-settle. There is no chance of intimacy to be developed.
2. It may lead to SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). In this baby may get crushed between his/her parents leading to disability.
3. It may lead to discomfort for the parents to sleep with the baby lying in between them. Also, it can cause discomfort to the child as well.

Advantages of making the baby sleep in the different room:

1. Baby can learn to self-settle. It is even good for parents to sleep comfortably without baby’s turning or noises.
2. Only one parent gets disturbed when the baby wakes up. Also, chances of SIDS will be zero.
3. Siblings sleeping together develop more intimacy with each other.

Disadvantages for making newly born sleep in the different room:

1. It will be difficult to take care and feed the baby.
2. Parents get whole night worry when they let their child sleep in the separate room.
3. The newborn will not get the proper warmth and intimate body contacts with their parents.